Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (“Alpha”), a leading global provider of specialist consulting services to the financial services industry, has acquired White Marble Consulting (“White Marble”), a specialist marketing consultancy firm to asset management, wealth management and alternatives clients.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 10, 2024

If you want to read angry comments and long threads with plenty of insults, you can’t go wrong with the wealth management vs. investment banking debate. It’s one area where people on both sides tend to talk past each other : Bankers say that wealth management roles pay less, offer less interesting work, and lack good exit opportunities.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Outsourced trading solutions firm, Tourmaline Partners, has hired three new seasoned financial markets executives as managing directors to help strengthen its global trading capabilities, The TRADE can reveal. He has also previously worked for Goldman Sachs.

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Bronte Capital

OCTOBER 23, 2022

One of the stories of the financial crisis is that the bankers that ran big institutions, who had billions entrusted to them, and who projected the air of masters of the universe were in fact buffoons incompetent at anything other than organising their own bonus. The same default assumption should apply to bankers and fixed income managers.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 31, 2023

“We have always focused on applying technology to make financial markets more efficient and we’re looking forward to working with Turquoise, the buy- and sell-side members of the Plato group to bring solutions to the industry’s most difficult challenges.”

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of financial markets, the emergence of digital assets has resulted in a paradigm shift as conventional notions have been challenged and new players have emerged along with a reshaping of the way in which financial systems are perceived and interacted with.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

“As part of our mission to improve markets, we proactively seek to share our knowledge and expertise as a way of driving progress throughout our industry,” said Jan Boomaars, chief executive of Optiver. “A

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Samuel Henderson, EMEA equities head trader, Invesco   I predict we will see increased flows into international equities and active management coming back into vogue amidst a rise in earnings and macro volatility.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 4, 2024

As ESMA’s review of European Union’s post-trade transparency regime enters its final stage, European trade associations have stressed the importance of credit ratings in underpinning the success of the EU post-trade transparency framework for corporate bonds.

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The TRADE

JUNE 11, 2024

As part of the collaboration, Cboe plans to list cash-settled index options on FTSE’s indices – subject to regulatory approvals – which will target increased investor demand for exchange-traded derivatives to manage crypto exposure in a US-regulated trading environment.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Industry Person of the Year 2023 shortlist: Seema Arora, managing director, head of execution sales, Instinet Europe Champion of The TRADE’s Rising Stars of Trading and Execution award scheme, Instinet Europe’s Seema Arora needs little introduction with an extensive financial career spanning more than 25 years.

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The TRADE

JUNE 11, 2024

Prior to joining LCH, Robinson held roles within JP Morgan’s investment banking and asset management divisions and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s financial markets division. The post LCH SA names new head of CDSClear and head of DigitalAssetClear appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Speaking to The TRADE, Oksana Pidkuyko, managing director, head of client analytics, financial markets at Standard Chartered stressed the potential positives of this increased volatility, stating that – if handled correctly – the changing landscape could bring potential benefits.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Thanks to AI, we now manage onboarding related data in a more efficient and precise way to properly feed our OMS and auto-execution tools. We are keen to include FX derivatives among our automated FX workflow to offer the same level of innovation we deliver on other asset classes.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

RBC appointed Guy Chalkley as managing director, UK flow rates sales. Chalkley brings more than three decades worth of financial services to the role, in both portfolio management and rates sales. Before joining RBC, Chalkley spent 11 years at NatWest Markets.

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The TRADE

JUNE 23, 2023

EU asset managers, banks and brokers are urging policy markets not to succumb to pressure that could potentially lead to suboptimal outcomes in the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid/r) review.

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The TRADE

APRIL 30, 2024

Over the past two decades, several critical financial market regulations have been implemented globally, particularly in response to the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC). The years following 2008’s GFC experienced continued financial regulatory reform.

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The TRADE

JULY 3, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has allowed its no-action letter to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), based on enforcements surrounding research services, to expire – reinforcing that it was not intended to be permanent solution. That bill is, however, not in effect.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 26, 2024

Capital markets firms will have to work harder to meet new AI talent demands. There’s a skills gap in the financial market for new roles like AI quality assurance testers, prompt engineers, AI strategy consultants, and AI product managers. How are industry players adapting to AI developments?

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Balraj Bassi, co-founder and chief executive officer, Tradefeedr Data analytics in financial markets has reached the point where clients have access to complete global data sets, and we see 2024 as the year where this will drive change in how counterparties interact and in automating trading workflows.

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The TRADE

JUNE 17, 2024

Prior to joining LCH, Robinson held roles within JP Morgan’s investment banking and asset management divisions and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s financial markets division. Before that, he was chief operating officer and director of business change at SwapClear.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 18, 2023

RBC BlueBay Asset Management The market is already pricing in rate cuts in Q1 although I, along with many others, don’t believe they will begin before the end of H1. The bond consolidated tapes and revised transparency frameworks will do this by opening up fixed income markets to new competitors and innovation.

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The TRADE

JULY 26, 2023

In the second quarter, Deutsche Bank’s asset management business DWS saw more than nine billion euros in net inflows, which were primarily in passive and alternative investment products, according to the business.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

How impactful could Generative AI be in financial markets? It is crucial to acknowledge those fears because of the inherent risks associated with this technology, which underscores the need for clear guidelines to manage it effectively.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The active investment manager specialises in emerging and frontier markets trading across fixed income, credit and specialist equities. And sitting on its global trading desks are a pod of traders known for their ability to interact with some of the most inaccessible financial markets around the world.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

If FX trades cannot be completed in the same time frame there is the potential the market could start to see more settlement fails. For example, if trades head into the US close, non-US asset managers could be left with a tiny window to get an equity trade matched and FX trade generated and then executed into the market.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

What are the key drivers behind asset managers’ move towards multi-asset trading and what benefit can this provide? Stephane Marie-Francoise Marie-Francoise: Everything starts with the desire from the investment team to develop a multi-asset class strategy offering. The impact can obviously vary depending on the context.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Speaking to The TRADE, Timothee Consigny, chief technology officer at H2O Asset Management, asserts that there is a definite place for artificial intelligence within capital markets and the time for adoption is now. “[Gen-AI] When questioned by its manager it lied repeatedly. The result? The cherry on top?

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The TRADE

MAY 1, 2024

It’s about risk management philosophy and methodology,” explains Papanichola. During that period of my training, I was actively taking positions, taking risk, fundamentally managing a portfolio of sorts in macro products.” The traders are now discretionary execution guys and the portfolio managers (PMs) don’t get involved.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Cboe Global Markets Cboe Global Markets makes another appearance in this award category shortlist for 2023, following its win at last year’s Leaders in Trading awards gala. The exchange has continued to drive innovation within financial markets by extending its remit through various product launches.

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The TRADE

JULY 6, 2023

The buy-side are “aware and worried” as the US shift to T+1 looms closer and the testing phase begins globally, a panel held by the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has said. Panellists raised concerns over FX, settlement fails, and potential regulatory hurdles during the webinar held by AFME on 27 June.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 18, 2023

Traditionally, pre-MiFID II, our institutional segment clients were primarily asset managers, central banks and other real money-type players. The European markets have been particularly fragmented, however, where we have observed the most change and the entry of new participants has been in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and credit.

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The TRADE

MAY 24, 2024

While fingers of blame are being pointed in each direction, the bottom line is asset managers are now facing operational challenges, the notion of pre-funding trades and balancing settlement security with best execution obligations. One of the biggest talking points for asset managers and their custodians is liquidity.

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The TRADE

JULY 17, 2023

On the other hand, foreign exchange – the largest financial market in the world – benefits from the fact that trading is not limited to one central location but is instead conducted between participants by phone and electronic communication networks (ECNs) in a wide range of markets globally.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Citadel Securities Needing little introduction, Citadel Securities, is one of the largest market makers in US Treasuries and USD interest rate swaps globally, and serves an extensive list of financial institutions, including: banks, asset managers, pension funds, hedge funds, central banks, and sovereign wealth fund.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Anna Nordstrom, head of the domestic and international markets functions in the markets group at Deferral Reserve Bank of New York, shared that the current reach of the FX global code extended to 1300 entities – including the top 15 asset managers globally.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 30, 2024

For asset managers, maintaining quality execution expertise in this changing landscape will be critical for sustained fund performance. As investors continue to seek greater exposure to digital assets, emerging technologies such as blockchain could further drive electronification across newer adjacent markets.

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